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"ifIyvas going mad. Idid not feel more likeitANOTHER RECOGNITION.147then than now — not so like it, indeed.Iknewyvhat he yvasdoing then,Ihad found him out.ButIdon't knoyv noyv— Idon't know now.Iamin the dark, ancl the tide is rising."Jim cameback from his errand. He had beencivilly answered by a woman-servant. Mr. Feltonwas expected in a feyv days; the exact day wasnot yet named.him.No letters hacl been received forHe had sent no orders relative to the forwardingof any. Having delivered his messageso far, Jim Swain hesitated. Harriet understoodthe reticence, and spared a momentarythoughtfor passing wonderment at this little touch ofdelicacy in so unpromising a subject for the exhibitionof the finer emotions."Did the person who answered you ask youany question ?" she said." No, mum," said Jim, relieved. Hamet saidno more,she knew he had not made the falsestatement yvhich had proved to be needless, andsomething assured her that there yvas no necessitythat she should caution Jim to say nothingconcerning this commission. Now she went away